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Spiced baked figs with ginger mascarpone

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10-30 minutes 4 servings 400 kcal or less autumn dessert autumnal baked fruit brown sugar butter cinnamon clear honey dessert recipes dinner party recipes easy pudding recipes fig fruit recipes ginger indulgent mains mascarpone orange juice poached figs pudding recipes quick roasted figs seasonal shortbread shortbreads spiced figs star anise

Ingredients

8 figs halved

2 tbsp butter

2 tbsp clear honey

2 tbsp brown sugar

2 tsp ground cinnamon

2 tbsp orange juice

2 star anise

shortbread fingers, to serve

1 ball stem ginger very finely chopped

1 tbsp ginger syrup from the jar

½ a 250g tub mascarpone

Method

Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Lay the figs in an ovenproof roasting dish, dot over the butter and drizzle with honey. Sprinkle over the sugar and cinnamon, then pour over the orange juice and mix lightly. Nestle the star anise amongst the figs and roast for 15-20 minutes.

When ready to serve, mix the ginger and syrup through the mascarpone. Place 4 fig halves, drizzled with syrup, on a plate with a dollop of mascarpone and some shortbread fingers.

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